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PHOTON FLIGHT

IF YOU’RE GOING TO JUMP out of a perfectly good airplane for sport, you
could choose any old aircraft. But eco-adventurer Raphaël Domjan chose the
SolarStratos, a solar-powered aircraft that’s expected to become the first crewed
solar plane to fly in the stratosphere. In August, Domjan jumped from the sleek
two-seater as it cruised over Payerne, in western Switzerland, to publicize his
SolarStratos project: Rather than exiting early and landing via parachute, he
plans to pilot the plane during the entire record-breaking flight.
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